House Speaker: Everyone Relax About Trump's Palmer Joke (Newser Morning 8)

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October 21, 2024     "If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." —Lucy Larcom   1 So, Is Elon Musk's $1M Offer Actually Legal? Elon Musk says he'll give $1 million every day from now until the presidential election to a registered voter who signs his petition pledging support for the first two constitutional amendments—but is that even legal? Keep reading   2 House Speaker: Everyone Relax About Trump's Palmer Joke Donald Trump's brief stint working at a McDonald's drive-thru may have been the biggest political photo op of the weekend, but the former president's wink-wink comments about late golfing legend Arnold Palmer also percolated in the headlines. Keep reading     At a Glance Australian Sen. Lidia Thorpe, left, disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Jaydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. "This is not your land. You are not my king," Thorpe yelled as she was ushered from the hall. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP) Keep reading   3 SodaStream Ex-CEO Offers $100K to Any Gazan Who Returns an Israeli Hostage The former CEO of SodaStream has an offer for Gazans: Anyone who returns a living Israeli hostage will get $100,000 from him. Keep reading   4 For WNBA, a Fitting End to a Breakout Season As confetti fell and Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" blared through the arena, the New York Liberty celebrated the end of a long odyssey. Keep reading   5 Cyclist Diagnosed With Cancer as Wife Is Diagnosed With MS Chris Hoy, who has won six Olympic cycling gold medals, revealed in February that he had cancer. Keep reading   6 Cuba's Massive Blackout Is Entering Its 4th Day Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day Sunday. Keep reading     7 Trump Works a Shift at McDonald's Donald Trump kept his promise and actually did work a (very brief) shift at a Pennsylvania McDonald's on Sunday, learning how to prepare french fries and fill Happy Meals as well as working the drive-thru window. Keep reading   8 Yankees, Dodgers to Meet in World Series for First Time in 43 Years Broadway vs. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI 'Little Rock Nine' Pioneer Dies at 83 See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Oct. 21, 2021, actor Alec Baldwin was pointing a gun on the movie set of "Rust" in New Mexico when it went off and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. Charges of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin were dropped in July 2024. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2019: Chick-fil-A Just Opened First UK Restaurant. It's Already Closing   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved